Steve Wardlaw is a respected international business lawyer and prominent gay rights campaigner.

Ranked highly across leading LGBT lists of influence, he co-founded Emerald Life to change the insurance industry for the better, bringing with him his passion for equality and his zeal for good business.

This year, Steve is on the judging panel for the RBS British LGBT Awards 2016.

Emma Watson has made a speech in her new (non-acting) role as UN Goodwill Ambassador for Women. She's been a feminist since the tender age of 8 after being told she was 'too bossy' for wanting to direct a play: If boys were allowed to direct without question, then why wasn't she?

FCKH8's potty mouthed video of five girls aged 6-13 swearing, has been reinstated by Youtube, who apologised for taking it down in the first place. The video, posted on 22nd October by American for-profit company FCKH8.com, features the girls dressed as princesses asking: “What’s more offensive? A little girl saying f**k or the sexist way society treats girls and women?”

The class of 2014 MacArthur Fellows has been announced which gives its list members $625,000 each to carry on their work. Alison Bechdel, the cartoonist and graphic memoirist, famous for the 'Bechdel Test' is one of the nine women to receive what some call the 'genius grant' to fund future projects in a way that suits them best.